Title The rise of a jazz art world / Paul Lopes.

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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

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Description	1 online resource (vii, 294 pages)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-286) and index.
Contents	Introduction: the quest for cultural legitimacy -- Before the Jazz Age: professional musicians and good music -- Jazz Age: professional musicians and the cultivated vernacular -- Swing craze: professional musicians, swing music and the art of improvisation -- Rise of a jazz art world: jazz enthusiasts, professional musicians and the modernist revolt -- New jazz age: the jazz art world and the modern jazz renaissance -- Conclusion: the jazz art world and American culture.
Summary	This book presents a unique sociological vision of the evolution of jazz music in the twentieth century. Analysing organizational structures and competing discourses in the field of American music, Paul Lopes shows how musicians and the art world that grew around them transformed the meaning and practice of jazz.
Note	Print version record.
Subject	Jazz -- History and criticism.
	Music -- Social aspects.
	MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Jazz.
	Jazz. (OCoLC)fst00982165
	Music -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01030444
	Jazz.
	Sociale aspecten.
Indexed Term	Humaniora Musik.
Genre/Form	Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
Other Form:	Print version: Lopes, Paul Douglas. Rise of a jazz art world. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002 0521801915 (DLC) 2001043259 (OCoLC)47716436
ISBN	9780511489495 (electronic bk.)
	0511489498 (electronic bk.)
	0511019890 (electronic bk.)
	9780511019890 (electronic bk.)
	0511047711 (electronic bk.)
	9780511047718 (electronic bk.)

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